Ice cream cone



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w. w. TURNBULL ICE CREAM CONE Filed April 17, 1950 gnuenl'oz w wTUR/VBl/LL Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES WEED W. TURNBULL, FDAYTON, OHIO,

ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

NATIONAL BISGUIT'COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY ICE CREAM GONEApplication filed' April 17,

The present invention relates to ice cream cones, and particularly toice cream cones of the kind embodied in my invention forming the subjectmatter of application for Letters Patent, Ser. No. 314,687, filedOctober 24, 1928.

In one embodiment of my invention shown in the aforesaid application,the ice cream cone consists of two pastry shells, nested one within theother, and'separated by a confection filling which also serves to cementor hold the two shells together to form a unitary commercial article. Inthe former application, the mouths of the two pastry shells areapproximately the same maximum diameter, so when two are stuck together,one within the other, by the filling, the filling will show as a linebetween the upper outer edges of the two shells. Cones of this characterare tightly wrapped in wax paper or sealed up in tubes or othercontainers before being packed for shipmentfi'It often happens in veryhot weather, or with certain kinds of filling, that the filling willsoften at the exposed edges and stick to the wax. wrapper or tube, whichis' annoying and inconvenient to the dispenser of the cones.

The principal object of the present invention is to improve the cone ofmy previous application, so that the exposed edge'of the filling willnot be at the largest diameter of.

the cone, but will be so located that it will not contact with or stickto the wrapper or container, or with another cone.

I have accomplished this by the improvements shown in the accompanyingdrawing,

wherein Fig. 1 shows two of the improved cones nested together, one conebeing in section; and Fig. 2 is a section of the top of a cone showing asecond form of the improvement. I

My improved cone has inner and outer pastry shells 4, 5, between whichthere is a sweetened filling 6, which, in addition to impartingsweetness and flavor to the cone, also sticks or cements the two shellstogether so as to form a single or unitary ice cream cone.

Both shells are conical throughout most of their lengths, but near thelarge ends or mouths flare or curve outwardly so that each 1930. SerialNo. 444,893.

of cone may be used to serve both large and small portions of ice cream,that is, the cones may be used for servlng or selllng the usual fivecent size, or a large dipper of ice cream may1 be served and the conessold for ten cents eac The outer shell is somewhat larger in diameterthan the inner shell so that a space is provided between the shells thatis filled with the filling 6. The mouth 10 of the outer shell curvesslightly upward at its outer edge, as shown at 11, so that it completelyhouses the inner shell, the mouth of which is slightly smaller indiameter than the outer one. With this construction, the visible edge 12of the filling is at the top of the cone, and is spaced from the outeredge of the cone by the thickness of the top of the outer shell. Thevisible edge of the filling andthe'tops of both pastry shells liesubstantially in a plane perpendicular to the'axis of the cone.

When the cones, or a. stick of cones, are

wrapped or packed in a tube, the edge of the filling will not come incontact with the wrapper and cannot stick to it. The outer shell has anesting ring 13 which rests on the curved throat of another cone intowhich it is inserted and prevents wedging and sticking together of thecones during shipment or storage.

Fig. 2 shows a slightly modified form of the invention, in which theouter shell 14 is of the same shape as the outer shell in my previousapplication, Ser. No. 314,687. The inner shell 15 isslightly smaller atthe top than the outer shell so that it lies within it and the edge 16of the filling is exposed at the top of the cone and not at the edge.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. An ice cream cone comprising inner and outer spaced conical pastryshells, a confection filling within the space between the shells. theshells having convexly-curved outwardly flaring shallow mouths open attheir upper ends, a bead on the outer shell adapted to rest on thecurved throat of the inner shell of another cone into which it may beinserted to Prevent wedgin and sticking, the mouth of the outer shelleing of greater diameter than the mouth of the inner shell, and theedges of the two mouths lying substantially in the same plane.

2. A pastry container comprising spaced inner and outer pastry shells, aconfection filling in the space between the shells holding themtogether, each shell having a conical body portion which flaresoutwardly at its large end to provide a wide mouth merging substantiallyinto a plane at ri ht angles to the axis of the body ortion, t e mouthof the outersliell being 0% greater diameter than the mouth of the innershell, and the edges of the two mouths lying substantially in the WERD-W. TURNBULL.

. same plane.

